WW1 Jeffery Quad 4wd

I have had a love affair with old 4wds and antique stuff since I was knee high to a grasshopper. The WMSTR in Rollag MN featured military vehicles this year, instead of a tractor brand. This Jeffery was there, first one I have ever seen in person. 4wd, 4 wheel steering, and 4 wheel brakes. Puzzled by the long nose, as all pictures show short nose. Regardless…

 

An replica experimental JD Model A tank was also there.

 

How about a couple of Minneapolis Moline Jeeps? Actually 3 were there. One got a continuous ride around the grounds on the flatcar it shared with a half track on the train pulled by a steam locomotive.

 

Top- Studebaker Weasel
Bottom-Allis Chalmers snow tractor

 

Very cool! Those MM jeeps would be great around the farm.

 

Looks like they might have been airport "tugs"

 

They used them for tugs on the improvised air strips.

 

Instead of bump stops above the axles on the Quad, they had a coiled up leaf spring on the axle beam at each corner. I did not know that til I saw this. Very heavily sprung.

 

Were any of these there? WW1 tool truck built by Dodge Brothers.

 

No, but there is usually a Model T roadster pickup/RR tool truck by the tracks, when it isn’t running around the grounds.

 

Will a WW1 Holt crawler suffice? Also, a steam shovel loading a ‘32 Ford BB